Innovation - CTHS

Issued by Cherry Creek School District

Earner has demonstrated MASTERY in innovation by synthesizing existing ideas, images, or concepts, engaging in critical analysis, and working in creative ways as characterized by a high degree of intellectual risk taking, divergent thinking, and innovation to bring about an improvement.This micro-credential is derived from the Colorado Department of Education’s 21st Century Essential Skills and recommended areas for affective programming for Gifted and Talented students.

Type Validation

Skills

Earning Criteria

SYNTHESIS: The combining of parts to form a whole.
CRITICAL ANALYSIS: A serious examination and careful judgement of something; to scrutinize and/or question claims of knowledge.
CREATIVITY: to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like, to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations.
CURIOSITY: To explore a topic in depth, yielding a rich awareness.

Standards

Colorado Department of Education | 21st Century Skills

Colorado Department of Education identifies the following skills and knowledge areas key to college and/or career readiness in the 21st Century: Critical Thinking and Reasoning, Information Literacy, Collaboration, Self-Direction, and Invention.

Colorado Department of Education | Affective Development

Colorado Department of Education's Office of Gifted and Talented identifies the following skills and knowledge as key to college and/or career readiness in the 21st Century: Personal Competence, Social Competence, Leadership Competence, Cultural Competence, and Communication Competence.